• bouncing@partizle.com
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      1 year ago

      That mostly results in US goods being more expensive, making (checks notes) the totally carbon neutral goods from China more affordable.

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          11 months ago

          If you look at carbon intensity of GDP, the US is actually below global average and Europe especially western Europe is at about half of it. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/co2-intensity

          That obviously makes it a bad tool to pay for carbon debt, as it hurts poorer countries.

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            11 months ago

            A just global carbon taxation system would need to take into account historical emissions.

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              11 months ago

              I would just go for a carbon tax, without historic emissions and a wealth tax to hit the people who are actually benefiting from historic emissions. Thats propably about as fair as it gets.